$16.5 Million Record-Setting Verdict in Birth Negligence Case

Corboy & Demetri obtained a record-setting $16.5 million jury verdict for a 7-year-old Geneva girl who suffered brain damage after her mother's uterus ruptured at the time of the girl's birth. The award set a record in Cook County for a verdict in an obstetric medical negligence case, according to records from the Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter. The previous high had been $11.06 million in 1991.